Education

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors is set to consider several options for tuition and fee increases for the upcoming academic year.

Board members are scheduled to meet Thursday in Arlington to weigh three options to raise in-state assessments. They include increases of 3.2 percent, 3.9 percent and 4.9 percent.

The Roanoke Times (http://bit.ly/Jh1oJN) says Tech President Charles Steger and the university's chief financial officer, Dwight Shelton, will present the choices.

Visitors are also expected to approve increases for non-resident students, for room and board and advanced degrees.

Gov. Bob McDonnell has asked the state's higher education leaders to hold down in-state tuition increases for the 2012-13 academic year.

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LEWES, Del. (AP) — Cape Henlopen School District's superintendent is leaving his post after one school year.

The News Journal of Wilmington (http://delonline.us/Kh8qeZ ) reports that Kevin Carson told the school board late last week that he would resign before the new year began. It's the third time in as many years that the district has ended a school year with a superintendent on the way out.

Carson's statement alludes to a disagreement with the board. He'll depart July 29.

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-- Former Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, the first and only black player in his position to win a Super Bowl (1988), joins the roster of sports celebrities participating in the 2012 Art Shell UMES Celebrity Golf Classic June 13.  Tee off begins at 8 a.m. at Great Hope Golf Course in Westover, Md.

As in past events, Shell, a pro football Hall-of-Famer and University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus, enlists the help of former athletes willing to lend a hand in raising scholarship funds for the university’s Athletic and PGA-accredited Professional Golf Management programs.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In-state students attending Virginia Commonwealth University during the upcoming academic year will pay nearly 4 percent more in tuition and mandatory fees.

The Richmond school's board of visitors on Friday approved a $920 million operating budget that includes the 3.87 percent tuition and fee increase. The increase totals $368 and will mean annual tuition and fees for the typical undergraduate will total $9,885.

The average annual cost for a Virginia undergraduate living in student housing with a meal plan is also rising by 2.59 percent, to $18,633.

For non-resident undergraduates, fees and tuition will rise by 4.2 percent, to $23,912.